Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-25
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! Minneapolis Tuesday and the victim will die,
1t was q woman scrape.
Canon Falls will votr on the goth instan'
on the question of raj ,ng s., 900 In bonds t.
furnish the village WI, water works.
o. +. Collins, an a. ut Of the Mutual Pre-
tectlve association, Was arrested at st. CiouO
on Monday night on - charge Of forgery.
The proposition 10 issue waterworks bonds
was voted On by the people OF Waseca, and
defeated by a vote OF 191 against to los in
favor.
A deaf and dunb girl, walking on the rail-
road track near Wabasha Monday morning,
was struck by a locomotive and instantly
killed.
Four persons were badly injured by a run
away team at ST. Paul on Saturday, and 1t is
feared two Of the unfortunate people will not
survive.
Two hundred Sir Knights are expected to
attend the annual conclave Of the Minnnesota
grand commardery, 10 be held at Lake City,
on the oath II 81.
A SIS, 900 mill, three churches, a 81, 500
school house, four business houses and IA
number of residences are now in course OF
erection at Heron Lake.
Next after Christiana, Stockholm and
Copenhagen, Minneapolis has the largest
Scandinavia population Of any city in the
world. Mil .apolis isn't a bad city by any
means.
Prof. W. :. Hoag, Of the state university,
has been az ointed to assist United States
Engineer b uctle in a geodetic survey Of Mime
sofa. The arvey is provided for ny congress
aud is a sy, IN of triangulstion which will
give a corr g. map Of the state.
The Old tiers association held its annu-
al meeting c the Austin fair grounds Satur-
day. Their was a large attendance. The
leading ad. ess was by Hon. George NJ. Cam
eron, who allied up many "reminiscences Of
the early events of our county history.
Mrs. Barherick, of Leay enworth, who had
SHOWN signs of insanity for q week, escaped
from her une with a little baby in the direc-
ton OF Sleepy Eye. A party OF citizens have
made dill cnt search for her, but have found
no trace, aAd fears are entertained for her
safety.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union Of the
diocese Of St. Paul met on the 18Th inst.
Hundreds Of delegates were in attendance.
President Corrlgan, Bishop Ireland and others
delivered addresses. The reports OF the
county presidents show the societies to be in
a fourishing condition, with increasing mem
bership.
Ole Olsen, an employe OF the Robinson
house at Austin, was drowned in the Cedar
river Wednesday, a short distance north of
he hotel. He rode into the river on horse
oacn 10 battle his horse, and u~nknowingly
iroyc INTO deep water, when the horse com
meuced TO lounder, throwing him off. Being
unable to swim he quickly drowned He was
} the water about an hour before his body
vas found. Deceased wa. about twenty-four
years old, a native Of Sweden, and came from
Minneapolis a year ago.
Articles OF corporation Of the Madclia
Farmcr,' Mutual Insurance company were
signed Wednesday, TO run thirty years. A
board Of directors were elected: G. w. Fan
nirg, II. w. Wadsworth, A.. Law, /. G..
Gilman, John Mccarthy, n. b. Jaquish and
P.ter j. Gjertson. over $4,000 Insurance
bag alrrady been subscribed. The territory
covered is all OF Watonwan county, four
townships IN the west side OF Blue Earth
equity and four towns on the south Of Brown
county, In all twenty townships.
A convention In the interests Of The Duluth,
Red Wig and Southern was held at Red
Wing, Wednesday, there being present dele
gates from Austin, Northwood, Iowa, Albert
Lea, Duluth, Osccola, Wis, Rochester, Zurn-
brato, River Falls, Mezepp0, Brownsville and
other intermediate pOints-upwaid Of one
hundred delegates in all. Surveyor Dantorta
made a report Of the surveys already made,
estimating the cost Of construction from New
Richmond TO Zumbrota at SIC, l55 per mile.
The cost from Albert Lea is $ll $50 per mile.
Addresses were made by President Hoyt,
Hon. Mark II. Dunnell, Hon. Il. S. Munger,
J. Fl. Parker, Mayor Nelson, Rochester, Man
ager Rice and others. Resolutions were
passed to aid the president and board OF
directors in procuring funds for the prelimin-
airy work. The meeting pledged s20s, 900.